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Conference Symposium Hellenisticum (9th : 2001 : Hamburg, Germany)

Title Language and learning : philosophy of language in the Hellenistic age : proceedings of the ninth Symposium Hellenisticum / edited by Dorothea Frede and Brad Inwood.

Publication Info. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 353 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 320-335) and indexes.
Summary The philosophers and scholars of the Hellenistic world laid the foundations upon which the Western tradition based analytical grammar, linguistics, philosophy of language, and other disciplines probing the nature and origin of human communication. Building on the pioneering work of Plato and Aristotle, these thinkers developed a wide range of theories about the nature and origin of language which reflected broader philosophical commitments. In this collection of nine essays, a team of distinguished scholars examines the philosophies of language developed by, among others, Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, the Stoics, and Lucretius. They probe the early thinkers' philosophical adequacy and their impact on later theorists. With discussions ranging from the Stoics on the origin of language to the theories of language in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, the collection will be of interest to students of philosophy and of language in the classical period and beyond.
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Subject Language and languages -- Philosophy -- Congresses.
Language and languages -- Philosophy.
Philosophy, Ancient -- Congresses.
Philosophy, Ancient.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author Frede, Dorothea, 1941-
Inwood, Brad.
Other Form: Print version: Symposium Hellenisticum (9th : 2001 : Hamburg, Germany). Language and learning. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005 052184181X (DLC) 2004057027 (OCoLC)56198555
ISBN 0511113447 (electronic book)
9780511113444 (electronic book)
052184181X
9780521841818
1280431377
9781280431371